Combined bill-file and mailing-card.



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CONRAD` J. KURTZ, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COMBINED BILL-FILE AND MAILING-CARD.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. e, 1917.

Application filed May 20, 1916. Serial No. 98,722.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CONRAD J; Konrz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Bill* Files and Mailing-Cards, of which the following is a specification. v Y

My invention comprises a bill file particularly constructed to be folded and sealed to facilitate transmission through the mails, and the specific form of the invention shown and described herein involves the use ,of an impaling hook which is pivotally mounted on a foldable card to serve as a bill holder and also as a sealing member for the vfolded card.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved mailing card and bill ile in a folded state. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device partly unfolded in full lines and entirely unfolded in dotted lines. Fig. 3 isa longitudinal section of the folded article on line 3 8,

' Fig. l.

My combined mailing card and bill file comprises a small paste-boardlcard 2 having a transverse crease at its middle dividing the card into two equal sections adapted to be folded face to face. The opposed faces bear suitable printing and advertising matter, while the outer face 8 of one section is linedand printed to receive a name and address and mailing stamp.

One section of the card is provided with an impaling hook l fastened in swiveled and frictional engagement with the bottom side thereof, and the preferred fastening means comprises a relatively large eyeletor rivet 5 located on the' median line of the card near one end thereof. Hook 4 is made of stiff spring wire with one end lflattened and formed into an eye 6 to afford a stable pivot connection which will not tear loose easily, and when the device is intended to be transported or mailed the prong portion of the vhook lies substantially parallel with themain stem and in position to swing over andbear upon the upper face of the superposed card section while the main stem bears against the bottom face of the base section to which it is pivoted. Thus, when the hook is turned to place the folded card therebetween as shown in Figst l and 3, aelamping effect is produced which holds the card shut and prevents free swinging of the hook, and this clamping effect is enhanced by a hump or offset y7 'located in the prong portion of the hook. The pointed end 8 of the hook is also bent inwardv to either embed itself in the face ofthe cardor to seatwithin an opening in the top section of the card, andV where an eXceptionally substan-lA tial and'` reliable holder is desired to pocket pointed end 8 I prefer to use an eyelet 9. A further function of eyelet 9 is to hang the unfolded cardY upon a nailor hook, and

when the bill file is suspended in this w'ay the hook l is turned down in a pendent posi tion and the prong portion thereof bent and inclined outward more or less as indicated by the dotted lines, Fig. 2. In this position of parts, bills or papers of any kind may be impaled on the hook, but when the card is folded the hook is also intended to be folded thereupon and to attain this end the pivot point and the length of the hook must bear a definite relation to the:

ends of the card so as to allow the card to swing within the loop portion ofthe hook,

especially if the hook is to rest on the median line of the card when folded as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. In this way a relatively small package is produced for transmission through the mails, while on the other hand a 'relatively large printing and advertising space is afforded by the coextending faces of the two card sections.

What I claim is: 11' A combined bill. fileY and mailing card, comprising superposed sections and an impaling hook mounted on one section. and 1 adapted to fold into locking relation with the superposed sections.

2. A combined bill file and mailing card,

comprising foldable sections and an impaling hook mounted upon one section and adaptedto overlap the other section Vwhen folded.A

3. A combinedbill file and mailing card, comprising a foldable mounting having a folding hook secured in clamping relation provided with a pocket to seat the point of the book when the parte are folded,

6. A Combined bill file and mailing card, Comprising a folder having an opening at one end and a bill bool; Divoted at its opposite end, and said bill hook lnwing a bent point adapted to enter said' opening when the parts are folded together'.

7. A combined bill file and Vmaiiling card, comprising i foldable card, and e bill filing hook mounted in folding 'relation to. said Card lim/'ing an offset to bind the parte together. Y Y

VS. A combined bill lile and mailing,` card, comprising L folded card having a bill filing hook pivotally secured at one free end there ofend bent with its impaling tongue into substantially parallel relation with its main ln testimony whereof l aiiix my Signature in presence of two Witnesses.

rCONRAD J. KURTZ.

lVtnesses A GEO. E. KRIGKE, F. C. HARROLD.

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